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beat  (bt)

v. beat, beat·en (btn) or beat, beat·ing, beats

v.tr.

1.

a. To strike repeatedly.

b. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.

c. To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.

2.

a. To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound: waves beating the shore.

b. To flap, especially wings.

c. To strike so as to produce music or a signal: beat a drum.

d. Music To mark or count (time or rhythm), especially with the hands or with a baton.

3.

a. To shape or break by repeated blows; forge: beat the glowing metal into a dagger.

b. To make by pounding or trampling: beat a path through the jungle.

4. To mix rapidly with a utensil: beat two eggs in a bowl.

5.

a. To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

b. To force to withdraw or retreat: beat back the enemy.

c. To dislodge from a position: I beat him down to a lower price.

6. Informal To be superior to or better than: Riding beats walking.

7. Slang To perplex or baffle: It beats me; I don't know the answer.

8. Informal

a. To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent: beat the traffic.

b. To arrive or finish before (another): We beat you home by five minutes.

c. To deprive, as by craft or ability: He beat me out of 20 dollars with his latest scheme.

9. Physics To cause a reference wave to combine with (a second wave) so that the frequency of the second wave can be studied through time variations in the amplitude of the combination.

v.intr.

1. To inflict repeated blows.

2. To pulsate; throb.

3.

a. To emit sound when struck: The gong beat thunderously.

b. To strike a drum.

4. To flap repeatedly.

5. To shine or glare intensely: The sun beat down on us all day.

6. To fall in torrents: The rain beat on the roof.

7. To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game.

8. Nautical To sail in the direction from which the wind blows.

n.

1. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound or serves as a signal.

2. A pulsation or throb.

3. Physics A variation in amplitude that results from the superpositioning of two or more waves of different frequencies. When sound waves are combined, the variation is heard as a pulsation in the sound.

4. Music

a. A steady succession of units of rhythm.

b. A gesture used by a conductor to indicate such a unit.

5. A pattern of stress that produces the rhythm of verse.

6. A variable unit of time measuring a pause taken by an actor, as for dramatic effect.

7.

a. The area regularly covered by a reporter, a police officer, or a sentry: television's culture beat.

b. The reporting of a news item obtained ahead of one's competitors.

8. often Beat A member of the Beat Generation.

adj.

1. Informal Worn-out; fatigued.

2. often Beat Of or relating to the Beat Generation.

Phrasal Verbs:

beat off

1. To drive away.

2. Vulgar Slang To masturbate.

beat out

Baseball To reach base safely on (a bunt or ground ball) when a putout is attempted.

Idioms:

beat all

To be impressive or amazing. Often used in negative conditional constructions: If that doesn't beat all!

beat a retreat

To make a hasty withdrawal.

beat around/about the bush

To fail to confront a subject directly.

beat it Slang

To leave hurriedly.

beat the bushes

To make an exhaustive search.

beat the drum/drums

To give enthusiastic public support or promotion: a politician who beats the drum for liberalism.

beat up on

1. To attack physically.

2. To criticize or scold harshly.

to beat the band

To an extreme degree.

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[Middle English beten, from Old English baten; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: beat, baste³, batter¹, belabor, buffet², hammer, lambaste, pound², pummel, thrash
These verbs mean to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: was mugged and beaten; basted him with a stick; was battered in the boxing ring; rioting students belabored by police officers; buffeted him with her open palm; hammered the opponent with his fists; lambasted every challenger; troops pounded with mortar fire; pummeled the bully soundly; thrashed the thief for stealing the candy. See Also Synonyms at defeat.

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beat

Verb

[beating, beat; beaten] or beat

1. to strike with a series of violent blows

2. to move (wings) up and down

3. to throb rhythmically

4. Cookery to stir or whisk vigorously

5. to shape (metal) by repeated blows

6. Music to indicate (time) by one's hand or a baton

7. to produce (a sound) by striking a drum

8. to overcome or defeat: he was determined to beat his illness

9. to form (a path or track) by repeated use

10. to arrive, achieve, or finish before (someone or something): she beat her team mate fair and square

11. (foll. by back, down, off)etc. to drive, push, or thrust

12. to scour (woodlands or undergrowth) to rouse game for shooting

13. Slang to puzzle or baffle: it beats me

Noun

1. a stroke or blow

2. the sound made by a stroke or blow

3. a regular throb

4. an assigned route, as of a policeman

5. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

6. pop or rock music characterized by a heavy rhythmic beat

Adjective

Slang totally exhausted

See also beat down, beat up [Old English bēatan]

beating n

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beat  (bt)

A fluctuation or pulsation, usually repeated, in the amplitude of a signal. Beats are generally produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies; if the signals are audible, this results in fluctuations between louder and quieter sound.

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Beat a quantity to be beaten or processed at once; a bundle of flax or hemp made up ready for steeping, 1616.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beat - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" round itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access
	2.	beat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" heartbeat, pulse, pulsation periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals diastole - the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood systole - the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery throbbing, pounding, throb - an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
	3.	beat - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" musical rhythm, rhythm backbeat - a loud steady beat downbeat - the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) offbeat, upbeat - an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) syncopation - a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat musical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythm
	4.	beat - a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
	5.	beat - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior beatnik beat generation, beatniks, beats - a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) recusant, nonconformist - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
	6.	beat - the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
	7.	beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse cadence, metre, meter, measure metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
	8.	beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
	9.	beat - a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" stroke - a single complete movement
	10.	beat - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing sailing - riding in a sailboat
Verb	1.	beat - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell outscore, outpoint - score more points than one's opponents walk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship" eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" worst, whip, mop up, pip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" whomp - beat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" spreadeagle, rout, spread-eagle - defeat disastrously get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors" chicane, chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screw - defeat someone through trickery or deceit outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans" overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless outplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers" drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
	2.	beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" beat up, work over strong-arm - use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant" soak - beat severely pistol-whip - beat with a pistol belabour, belabor - beat soundly rough up - treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect" flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" cane, lambast, lambaste, flog - beat with a cane kayo, knock cold, knock out - knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" flail, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" larrup, spank, paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
	3.	beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" full - beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth" beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" beetle - beat with a beetle bastinado - beat somebody on the soles of the feet strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" coldcock, floor, knock down, deck, dump - knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" whang - beat with force paste - hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent" thresh, thrash - beat the seeds out of a grain hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
	4.	beat - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" thump, pound move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" pulsate, pulse, throb - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" palpitate, flutter - beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" thrash - beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" flap - move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
	5.	beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" forge, hammer - create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
	6.	beat - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" drum, thrum beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	7.	beat - glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us" glare - shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
	8.	beat - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" flap move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" flutter - flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead" flap, beat - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" bate - flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons clap - cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings"
	9.	beat - sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place sail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on"
	10.	beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" scramble cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" whisk, whip - whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" cream - make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter" raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate - change the arrangement or position of
	11.	beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
	12.	beat - be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	13.	beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" bunk cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	14.	beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" ticktack, ticktock, tick sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	15.	beat - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" flap move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" flap, beat - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" flail, thresh - move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" clap - strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
	16.	beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" thump, beat, pound - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" tap out, thump out, beat out - beat out a rhythm drum, thrum, beat - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
	17.	beat - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" pulsate, quiver move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" pulsate, pulse, throb - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
	18.	beat - make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
	19.	beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
	20.	beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
	21.	beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
	22.	beat - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, get stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her" befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
	23.	beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, fag, wear - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" frazzle - exhaust physically or emotionally; "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws" play - exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish" kill - tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
Adj.	1.	beat - very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" all in, bushed, dead colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

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beat

verb 1. batter, break, hit, strike, knock, punch, belt (informal) whip, deck (slang) bruise, bash (informal) sock (slang) lash, chin (slang) pound, smack, thrash, cane, thump, lick (informal) buffet, clout (informal) flog, whack (informal) maul, clobber (slang) wallop (informal) tonk (informal) cudgel, thwack (informal) lambast(e), lay one on (slang) drub, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

verb 2. pound, strike, hammer, batter, thrash, pelt

verb 3. throb, pulse, tick, thump, tremble, pound, quake, quiver, vibrate, pulsate, palpitate

verb 4. hit, strike, bang

verb 5. flap, thrash, flutter, agitate, wag, swish

verb 6. defeat, outdo, trounce, overcome, stuff (slang) master, tank (slang) crush, overwhelm, conquer, lick (informal) undo, subdue, excel, surpass, overpower, outstrip, clobber (slang) vanquish, outrun, subjugate, run rings around (informal) wipe the floor with (informal) knock spots off (informal) make mincemeat of (informal) pip at the post, outplay, blow out of the water (slang) put in the shade (informal) bring to their knees

noun 7. throb, pounding, pulse, thumping, vibration, pulsating, palpitation, pulsation

noun 8. route, way, course, rounds, path, circuit beat it (Slang) go away, leave, depart, get lost (informal) shoo, exit, go to hell (informal) hook it (slang) scarper Brit. (slang) pack your bags (informal) make tracks, hop it (slang) scram (informal) get on your bike Brit. (slang) skedaddle (informal) sling your hook Brit. (slang) vamoose (slang), chiefly U.S. voetsek S. African (offensive) rack off Austral., N.Z. (slang)

beat someone up (Informal) assault, attack, batter, thrash, set about, do over Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) work over (slang) clobber (slang) assail, set upon, lay into (informal) put the boot in (slang) lambast(e), duff up Brit. (slang) beat the living daylights out of (informal) knock about or around, fill in Brit. (slang) beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

Translations

beat [biːt] [pt beat, pp beaten] n [of heart] → latido;

(MUS) → ritmo, compás m [of policeman] → ronda

vt (= hit) → golpear [+ eggs]; batir (= defeat); vencer, derrotar (= better); sobrepasar [+ drum]; tocar [+ rhythm]; marcar

vi [heart] → latir;

off the beaten track → aislado;

to beat about the bush → andarse con rodeos;

to beat it → largarse;

that beats everything! (col) → ¡eso es el colmo!;

to beat on a door → dar golpes en una puerta

beat down vt [+ door] → derribar a golpes [+ price]; conseguir rebajar, regatear [+ seller]; hacer rebajar el precio

vi [rain] → llover a cántaros; [sun] → caer de plomo

beat off vt → rechazar

beat up vt (col) [+ person]; dar una paliza a

beat [biːt] n → battement m;

(Mus) → temps m, mesure f [of policeman]; ronde f

vt, vi [beat , pt , beaten , pp ] → battre;

off the beaten track → hors des chemins or sentiers battus;

to beat it (inf) → ficher le camp;

to beat about the bush → tourner autour du pot;

that beats everything! → c'est le comble!

beat down vt [+ door] → enfoncer [+ price]; faire baisser [+ seller]; faire descendre

vi [rain] → tambouriner; [sun] → taper

beat off vt → repousser

beat up vt [+ eggs] → battre;

(inf) [+ person]; tabasser

beat [biːt] [beat , pt , beaten , pp ] n (of heart) → Schlag m;

(Mus) → Takt m;

(of policeman) → Revier nt

vt → schlagen;

(record) → brechen

vi → schlagen;

to beat time → den Takt schlagen;

to beat it (inf) → abhauen, verschwinden;

that beats everything → das ist doch wirklich der Gipfel or die Höhe;

to beat about the bush → um den heißen Brei herumreden;

off the beaten track → abgelegen

beat down vt (door) → einschlagen;

(price) → herunterhandeln;

(seller) → einen niedrigeren Preis aushandeln mit

vi (rain) → herunterprasseln;

(sun) → herunterbrennen

beat off vt (attack, attacker) → abwehren

beat up vt (person) → zusammenschlagen;

(mixture, eggs) → schlagen

beat [biːt] n → colpo; [of heart] → battito;

(MUS) → tempo; battuta; [of policeman] → giro

vt [pt beat, pp beaten] → battere;

off the beaten track → fuori mano;

to beat about the bush → menare il cane per l'aia;

to beat time → battere il tempo;

that beats everything! (col) → questo è il colmo!

beat down vt [+ door] → abbattere, buttare giù [+ price]; far abbassare [+ seller]; far scendere

vi [rain] → scrosciare; [sun] → picchiare

beat off vt → respingere

beat up vt (col) [+ person]; picchiare [+ eggs]; sbattere

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beat

v beat [biːt]

1 to strike or hit repeatedly Beat the drum.slaanيَضْرِبудрямtloucislåschlagenχτυπώ εξακολουθητικάbatir, golpear, percutirtagumaپی در پی زدنlyödäbattreלְהַכּוֹת, לַהֲלוֹםवार करनाudaratiüt, vermemukulberja, lemjacolpire, percuotereたたく연달아 치다muštisist; dauzītpukulslaanslåuderzaćbatera bate (în)бить; ударятьtĺcťtolčiudaratislå, piska, hamra, bultaตีซ้ำ ๆvurmak, çalmak(接連地)擊打бити, вдарятиنقارے پر چوٹ لگانا ، ڈھول بجاناđập; nện（接连地）打（鼓）

2 to win against She beat me in a contest.verslaan, wenيَهْزِم، يَتَغَلَّب عبى، يَتَفَوَّقпечеляporazitslåschlagenνικώderrotarvõitmaشکست دادنpäihittääbattreלְנָצֶחहरानाpobijeditilegyőzmengalahkansigrabattere負かす이기다nugalėtipārspēt; uzvarētkalahkanverslaanseire over, slåpokonaćderrotara învingeпобеждатьporaziťpotolčipobediti nekogabesegra, slåเอาชนะyenmek, mağlûp etmek戰勝перемагатиجیتناđánh bại ai战胜

3 to mix thoroughly to beat an egg.klits, klopيَخْفَقُ البَيْضَهразбивамšlehatpiskeschlagenανακατεύω, χτυπώbatirvahule kloppimaبه هم زدنvatkatabattreלִטְרוֹףफेंटनाistući(tojást) felvermengocokhræra, þeytasbattere強くかきまぜる휘젓다išplaktisakultpukulkloppenvispe, piskeubijaćbatera bateвзбиватьšľahaťstepatiizmućkativispaตีหรือคนให้เข้ากันçırpmak攪拌збиватиانڈا پھینٹناđánh tơi; khuấy搅拌

4 to move in a regular rhythm My heart is beating faster than usual.klopيخفق، ينبض يَخْفِق ، يَنْبِضُ (القَلب)туптяbít, tloucislå; bankeschlagenχτυπώ, πάλλομαιlatir, pulsarlöömaتپیدنlyödäbattreלִפעוֹםधड़कनाotkucavatidobog (szív)berdenyutslábattere鼓動する(심장이) 뛰다plaktipukstēt (par sirdi); pulsētdegupkloppenslåbićbatera bateбитьсяbiťbitilupati, kucatislåเต้นเป็นจังหวะçarpmak, atmak跳動битисяدل کا حرکت کرناđập (nói về tim)跳动

5 to mark or indicate (musical time) with a baton etc A conductor beats time for an orchestra.die maat slaanيُحافِظُ على وِحْدَةِ الأيقاعтактувамudávat taktslå taktTakt angeben/schlagenκρατώ το χρόνο (μουσ.)marcar, llevar (el compás)takti löömaضرب آهنگ را نشان دادنlyödä tahtiabattre (la mesure)לְהָקִישछड़ी से इशारे करनाudarati ritamüt (taktust)memukul iramaslá taktbattere拍子をとる박자를 맞추다mušti taktąsist taktiikut rentakslaanslå taktentaktowaćmarcara bate (măsura)отбивать (такт)udávať taktdajati taktudarati taktslå taktenให้จังหวะดนตรีโดยใช้ไม้อำนวยเพลงtempo tutmak打拍子відбивати тактموسیقار کا چھڑی سے موسیقی کو ظاہر کرناđánh dấu打拍子

n

1 a regular stroke or its sound I like the beat of that song.maatوِحْدَة الأيقاعритъмrytmustakt; rytmeder (Takt-)Schlagρυθμόςcompás, ritmorütmضرب آهنگ؛ ریتمrytmirythmeקֶצֶבधड़कनritamütemiramatakturritmo拍子박자ritmassitiens; puksts; ritms; taktsrentakritmetakt, rytmeuderzenieritmoritmритмrytmusritemritamtakt, rytm, svängจังหวะtempo敲擊聲ритмتھاپ ، لےhịp đánh敲击声

2 a regular or usual course a policeman's beat.patrollieعَمَل مُعْتادпътobchůzkadistrikt; rundedas Revierπεριπολίαrondaringkäikمسیرkierrosrondeמַסלוּל קָבוּעतालrutaőrjáratpatrolisvæði, leið, hringurgiro (d'ispezione)巡回区域순찰 구역patruliuojamas rajonasapgaitarondaanronde(patruljerings)distrikt, runderewirrondarondпатрулироватьobchôdzkaobhodrejonrond, pass, områdeการลาดตระเวนnöbet yeri, görev bölgesi常規路線дозір, обхідمتعین راستہkhu vực phân cho một viên cảnh sát巡逻路线

n ˈbeater

klitserمُطارِد القَنْص من مخبَئِـهِ، مِخْفَقَة البَيْضкойто удряšlehač; paličkapisker; piskerisder Schlägerχτυπητήριbatidorlööjaشخص یا چیزی که می زندlyöjäbatteurמַטרֵףथापीmlat, batütő; habverő; hajtó (vadászaton)pengocok telur, pemukulhamrari; þeytari; fælari (fyrir veiðimenn)battitoreかくはん器치는 사람mušikassitējs; sitamaispemukulklopper(hjul)visp; bankertrzepaczkabatedorpersoană care bateколотушкаpaličkaigralec na tolkalahajkačslagverktyg, klubba, vispผู้ตีçırpıcı, döven, vuran敲打者той, хто б'єڈھول بجانے والاngười đánh; máy đập lúa敲打者

n ˈbeating

drag slaeضرْب، خفْـق، نبْضудряне, бойvýprask; tlukot; porážkaprygl; klø; tæskdas Schlagenξυλοκόπημαgolpeo; latido; batidalöömineتپش؛ ضربانlyöminenracléeמַכּוֹתमार, मारपीटbatina, šibanjeszívdobogáspukulanbarsmíði; flenging; ósigurbotte打つこと연달아 치기mušimassišana; pēršana; pukstēšana; sakaušanamemukulafstraffingbank, juling; nederlagbiciesurrabătaieбиение; битьёvýpraskbatineudaranjeslående, piskande, strykการตีซ้ำ ๆdayak, sopa çekme, dövme打биттяڈھول بجاناsự đánh; sự nện打

adj ˈbeaten

1 overcome; defeated the beaten team; He looked tired and beaten.verslaanمَهْزوم، مَغْلوبзагубилporažený, zbitýslåetgeschlagenηττημένος, καταβεβλημένοςderrotadolöödudشکست خوردهlyötybattuרָמוּסपिटाईporaženlegyőzöttkalahyfirbugaður, sigraður; uppgefinnbattuto, sconfitto; abbattuto打ち負かされた패배한, 지쳐 버린nugalėtas, pralaimėjęssakauts; uzvarēts; nomocījiestewasverslagenslått (ut), utkjørt; banket, pisketpobityvencidobătutпобеждённый; разбитыйubitý; porazenýporaženporaženbesegradพ่ายแพ้yenilmiş, yenik打敗了的стомлений; побитийمغلوب ، ہارا ہواquỵ; nản chí打败了的

2 mixed thoroughly beaten egg.geklitsمَخْفوق (البيْض)разбит(vy)šlehanýpisketgeschlagenκαλά ανακατεμένος, χτυπημένοςbatidovahuleklopitudزده شده؛ مخلوط شدهvatkattubattuטָרוּףफेंटाistućifelvertterkocokþeyttur, hrærðurbattuto, sbattuto強くかきまぜられた세게 휘저은(su)plaktassakultspukulangekloptpisket (røre osv), blandet sammenubitybatidobătutвзбитыйšľahanýstepenizmućkanvispadที่ตีหรือคนให้เข้ากันçırpılmış, çalkalanmış充分攪拌的збитийخوب اچھی طرح ملایا ہواđánh tơi充分搅拌的

beat about the bush

to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision. doekies omdraaiيَلِفُّ وَيَدورُ حَوْلَ المَوْضوعговоря общи приказки за проблемаchodit kolem horké kašegå som katten om den varme grødum den heißen Brei schleichenαποφεύγω να έρθω στο θέμαir con rodeosnagu kass ümber palava pudru käimaطفره رفتنkierrellä ja kaarrellatourner autour du potלָלֶכֶת סְחוֹר סְחוֹרokolišatikertelbertele-telefara í kringum efniðtergiversare, menare il can per l'aia遠回しにいう에둘러 말하다nesakyti tiesiai, sukti aplinkrunāt riņķī apkārt; runāt aplinkuscakap berbelit-belitergens omheen draaiengå som katten om den varme grøtenowijać w bawełnęestar com rodeiosa se învârti în jurul coziiвокруг да около ходитьchodiť okolo horúcej kašehoditi kot mačka okrog vrele kašeokolišatigå som katten runt het grötพูดอ้อมค้อมsözü dolaştırmak, lafı ağzında gevelemek旁敲側擊підходити до справи здаля (обережно)سر کھپانا ، دماغ سوزی کرناnói lòng vòng旁敲侧击

beat down

1 (of the sun) to give out great heat The sun's rays beat down on us.skroei, versengيَضْغَط بالحَرارَهизлъчвам много топлинаpražitbrænde(herunter-)brennenθερμαίνω πολύ (για τον ήλιο)picar, calentar muchokõrvetamaدرخشیدن؛ تابیدنporottaataper (dur) surלְהַכּוֹתकम करनाisijavatiletűz (nap)menimpavera heitur/brennandiabbattersi照りつける내리쬐다pliekstispiest/dedzināt (par sauli)memancar terikbrandenvære hett/brennende; steke (ned på)prażyćabater-sea arde (tare)палитьpražiť(močno) pripekatipržitigassa, brännaแผ่ความร้อนมหาศาลkavurmak, tepesine vurmak(太陽)發出巨大熱量палитиبہت گرمی پہنچاناtoả hơi nóng（太阳）发出巨大热量

2 to (force to) lower a price by bargaining We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price.afding, afknibbelيَخَفِّض السِّعْر بالمُساوَمَهнамалявам(u)smlouvatprutte med prisen; slå ned(nieder-)drückenκατεβάζω την τιμή με παζάριconseguir un buen precio (regateando)alla tingimaقیمت را پایین آوردنtinkiäfaire baisserלְהוֹרִיד אֶת הַמְחִירमोल-तोल कर कम करनाspustiti cijenulealkuszik (árat)menekan hargaprútta niðurfar calare il prezzo値切る값을 깎다(priversti) numuštinokaulēt/nosist (cenu)tawarafdingenprute/slå ned prisenobniżyćabatera convinge să lase din preţсбивать ценуdojednaťzbitisnizitipruta ner prisetต่อราคาให้ลดลงfiyat kırmak/indirmek殺價збивати, знижуватиقیمت نیچے لاناmặc cả杀价

beat it

to go away Beat it, or I'll hit you!; She told her little brother to beat it.skoert, trapإِنْصَرِف!махам сеvypadnout, zmizetforsvindeverduftenπαίρνω δρόμοlargarsejalga laskmaگمشوhäipyäfilerלהִסתָלֵקहटनाgubi setűnés!menyuruh pergihypja sigbattersela, darsela a gambe立ち去る꺼져라, 나가다nešdintisvācies prom! ārā! laisties prompergiophoepelenforsvinne; stikk av!; kom deg vekk!`zjeżdżać`desaparecera se căra, a o ştergeпошёл вон, отвалиzmiznúť, vypadnúťpobrati sebrišistickaวิ่งหนีไปçekip gitmek, toz olmak滾開іти гетьمارناhãy cút đi滚开

beat off

to succeed in overcoming or preventing The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.verdryfيَصُدُّ هُجوماотблъсквамzahnat, odrazitslå tilbage; drive vækabwehrenαπωθώrepelertagasi tõrjumaپس زدن؛ عقب راندنtorjuarepousserלַהֲדוֹףपरास्त करनाodbitielhárít, visszavermemukul mundur, menghalauberja af sér, verjastrespingere撃退する격퇴하다atmuštiatsist; atgaiņātmenangkisafslaanslå tilbake, drive vekkodeprzećrepelira respingeотбивать, подавлятьodraziťodbitiodbiti napadavvärjaขับไล่püskürtmek, önlemek打退відбиватиحملے سے بچناđánh bại打退

beat a (hasty) retreat

to go away in a hurry The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.die aftog blaasيَهْرُبُ بِسُرْعَهизбягвамvyklidit pole, vzít nohy na ramenatrække sig hurtigt tilbagedas Feld räumenτρέπομαι σε άτακτη φυγήbatirse en retirada, retirarse precipitadamente, salir pitando, poner pies en polvorosaplehku panemaبا شتاب دور شدنlivistääbattre en retraiteלהִסתָלֵק בְּמהִירוּתतेजी से पीछे हटनाbrzo se povućimegfutamodikpergi tergesa-gesahörfa undan í skyndingubattere in ritirata逃げる(황급히) 도망가다nešti kudašiųsteigšus aiziet / pazustlari lintang pungkangde aftocht blazenkomme seg unna, trekke seg raskt tilbakewycofać siębater em retiradaa bate în retragereбыстро ретироватьсяvziať nohy na pleciaumakniti sepovući se u žurbislå till [] reträttผลุนผลันออกไปapar topar geri çekilmek逃走бити відбій; відступатисяتتر بتر ہو جاناvội vàng bỏ trốn逃走

beat up

to punch, kick or hit (a person) severely and repeatedly He beat up an old lady.opdons, aanrandيَضْربُ بِشدّةٍ واسْتِمْرار، يُكيلُ الضِّرَباتудрямzmlátit, bítslå ned; gennembanke; tæskeverprügelnξυλοκοπώmoler a palosläbi peksmaکتک زدنmukiloidarouer de coupsלְהַכּוֹת מַכּוֹת רֶצַחपीटनाudaratiösszevermemukuli bertubi-tubilúberjamenare打ちのめす호되게 때리다sumuštisadauzīt; piekautmembelasahin elkaar slaanrundjule, slå nedpobićespancara bate mărизбиватьbiť, mlátiťnamlatitipretućiklå upp, ge strykตีซ้ำ ๆ จนบาดเจ็บอย่างรุนแรงfena halde dövmek, haşat etmek痛毆побити жорстокоزدو کوب کرناđánh ai nhừ tử痛殴

off the beaten track

away from main roads, centres of population etc. af van die gebaande weëبعيدا عن الشوارع بَعيدا عَن الشَّوارِع وَمَراكز السُّكّانизвън отвърдените пътекиodlehlýudenfor alfarvejabgelegenαπόμεροςlugar apartado/aisladokõrvalineبیراههsyrjässähors des sentiers battusלִפְעוֹל בְּדֶרֶך לא מְקוּבֶּלֶתनए रास्ते परizvan uhodanog putafélreesőmenjauhi (jalan utama dll)ótroðnar slóðirisolato, fuori manoはずれた기발한nuošaliainomaļusterasingafgelegenutenfor allfarveina uboczuisoladope cărări nebătuteв стороне от большой дорогиodľahlýdaleč od shojenih potineutabanutanför banade vägar, avsidesอยู่นอกเส้นทางหลักıssız ve sapa (yer), kuş uçmaz kervan geçmez (yer)打破常規який знаходиться в стороні, в глибинціمروجہ راستے سے ہٹ کر چلناheo hút打破常规